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Events
- January 11 - The INTO Congress in Galway calls on the government to abolish the ban on married women teachers.
- February 12 - The Department of External Affairs announces that it recognises the government of General Francisco Franco.
- February - In his Lenten pastoral, Bishop Daniel Mageean refers to A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
- March 12 - An Taoiseach Éamon de Valera attends the coronation of Pope Pius XII in Rome.
- March 16 - Éamon de Valera is greeted by Benito Mussolini in Rome. A luncheon is held in honour of An Taoiseach.
- March 22 - Ireland's neutrality is discussed during a Dáil debate on defence estimates. The government considered the implications to the export market to Britain if a neutral stand is taken.
- March 30 - The Treason Bill passes its fifth and final stage in Dáil Éireann.
- April 9 - The Gaelic Athletic Association votes to keep the name of President Douglas Hyde off its list of patrons. The situation arose when the President attended an international soccer game.
- April 17 - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon, dismisses the Dublin government's position of neutrality as cowardly.
- April 19 - In a speech to Seanad Éireann An Taoiseach Éamon de Valera refers to the dropping of all references to the King and Great Britain from new Irish passports.
- May 4 - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland announces that conscription will not be extended to Northern Ireland.
- May 18 - The Earl of Iveagh presents the Irish Government with his Dublin townhouse.
- June 2 - The Treason Act 1939 becomes law. A sentence of death may be passed on anyone convicted of levying war against the State.
- September 1 - A state of emergency is declared by the government.
- September 2 - An Taoiseach Éamon de Valera tells the Dáil that Ireland will remain neutral in the European War.
- September 3 - The Emergency Powers Act 1939 comes into force today as Britain and France declare war on Germany.
- September 4 - SS Athenia torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. Knut Nelson (Norway) lands 450 survivors in Galway.
- September 11- The Irish-flagged tanker Inverliffey was shelled and sunk by U-38. The U-boat towed the lifeboats away from the blazing oil.
- September 13 - The Minister for Supplies, Seán Lemass, introduces petrol rationing.
- October 30 - More than two dozen air-raid sirens, acquired by the Corporation, are tested across Dublin City.
- December 23 - 1 million rounds of ammunition are stolen from the national arsenal at the Phoenix Park by pro-Nazi elements of the IRA.
Sport
Football
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- Winners: Shamrock Rovers
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- Winners: Shelbourne 1 - 1, 1 - 0 Sligo Rovers. English football goalscoring legend Dixie Dean plays in the final for Rovers.
Golf
- Irish Open is won by Arthur Lees (England).
Births
January to June
- 25 January - Dermot Clifford, Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
- 2 February - Desmond O'Malley, former Fianna Fáil TD and founder of the Progressive Democrats.
- 24 March - Joe McCartin, MEP, Senator.
- 25 March - Tom Fitzgerald, former Fianna Fáil Senator.
- 1 April - Joe Jacob, former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State.
- 3 May - Ken Hope, former cricketer.
- 9 May - Pádraig Flynn, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and European Commissioner.
- 19 May - John Sheahan, violinist, folk musician and composer, with The Dubliners.
- 29 May - Mary Banotti, former Fine Gael politician.
July to December
- 11 July - Mick Brown, football scout.
- 16 August - Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
- 21 August - Ray McLoughlin, former international rugby player.
- 5 September - Mark Killilea, Jnr, former Fianna Fáil TD and MEP.
- 10 September - Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany, artist.
- 12 September - Patrick Harrington, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodwar, Kenya.
- 20 September - Mike O'Donnell, film and television composer.
- 11 October - Austin Currie, founder-member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and former Fine Gael TD.
- 16 October - Joe Dolan, singer (d.2007).
- 27 October - Thady Wyndham-Quin, 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, peer.
- October - Frank Columb, writer.
- 2 November - John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross (1997 - ).
- November - Ollie Conmy, former international soccer player.
- 16 December - Barney McKenna, musician.
Full date unknown
- Ted Carroll, former Kilkenny hurler.
- Paddy FitzGerald, former Cork hurler.
- Alice Hanratty, painter and printmaker.
- Paddy Moran, former Kilkenny hurler.
- Denis Murphy, former Cork hurler.
Deaths
- 28 January - William Butler Yeats, poet and dramatist (b.1865).
- 9 June - Owen Moore, actor (b.1886).
- 28 June - James Dowdall, Independent member of the 1922 Seanad.
- 19 July - John Cassidy, sculptor and painter (b.1860).
- 20 August - Edward Bulfin, British general during World War I (b.1862).
- 8 September - Maurice George Moore, Independent member of the 1922 Seanad.
- 15 September - William MacCarthy-Morrogh, cricketer (b.1870).
- 20 September - Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, astronomer (b.1865).
- 14 December - Samuel Lombard Brown, Independent member of 1922 Seanad.
Full date unknown
- Charlotte Despard, suffragist, novelist and Sinn Féin activist (b.1844).
- Lady Mary Heath, aviator, athlete and writer (b.1896).
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